2018 Hopes and Goals

This year, 2018, I plan to get a lot done.  I was very proud of my girlfriend last year not only buying a new car for herself but getting a new job.  I hope to have a similar sort of year this year.  I am considering 2018 to be the year of me buying big things for myself.  So far, I have already gotten a new phone (A Google Pixel XL 2) and bought new glasses (the old ones broke).  As of this moment, I am typing on my new laptop for the first time, an Acer Aspire E15.  I bought this laptop so it will be much easier for me to apply for new jobs, which is a hopeful goal for me in 2018.  My desktop computer is over a decade old (runs on Vista) and Google Chrome can no longer be updated.

So I hope to get a lot done this year.  Amanda bought a new (used) car in 2017 and I may do the same this year.  I'm not entirely sure, because my current car is running just fine.  But for a while now I have wanted a small-ish pickup truck or SUV.  I want a car that can carry large items/loads and one that can handle the elements.  It would make getting new furniture so much easier.  I'd also like to be the one guy a lot of people know that has a truck or SUV that they can ask me to help with.  I like to be helpful and give people a hand if they need it. :)

As for my job, it really is time to move on.  I love the pay I get, which is the main reason why I have stuck with Safeway for so long.  But I need to do something else.  I get so annoyed when a customer says to me "You've been working here a while, haven't you?"  Yes, I know I have.  Don't remind me.  But with my savings getting to a good point, getting money back from people I have loaned money to, I should be able to afford a lesser paying job for a while.

As always, I want to lose weight.  I don't consider myself obese, but I'd love to be the weight I was at 8, 9 years ago.  I'm trying to eat better and less and started going to the gym a little more.  I want to be at a decent enough weight for the summer so I can swim at our apartment complex's swimming pool without feeling self conscious of my body.

I don't like to put a bunch of pressure on myself, because I can get overwhelmed and fret and just want to give up because I can't accomplish most of my goals.  I just want to look back on 2018 and be proud of myself.  Does that mean I have to accomplish everything?  No.  I just want to be happy with the effort I gave and feel like I did what I could to further myself in life.  This is why I didn't make New Years resolutions.  Because I did last year and accomplished only a couple and felt disappointed in myself.  I am just going to remind myself of what I want as much as I can, and use that as motivation to by my best in 2018.